Artificial Intelligence Industry News

India AI Impact Summit Draws Global Tech Leaders as Modi Government Positions Country for Central Role in AI Governance With 250,000 Expected Attendees and Major Investment Announcements

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reveals India Has 100 Million Weekly ChatGPT Users, Second Only to US, as Students Drive Adoption and Company Deepens Government Partnerships

Blackstone Leads $1.2 Billion Funding for Indian AI Cloud Neysa to Deploy 20,000+ GPUs as India Scales From 60,000 to 2 Million GPUs Over Coming Years

Private equity giant takes majority stake with $600 million equity investment plus $600 million debt financing as Mumbai-based startup aims to establish India as globally relevant AI compute destination

Anthropic Opens First India Office in Bengaluru and Partners With Infosys to Deploy Claude-Powered AI Agents Across Telecom, Finance, and Manufacturing as IT Stocks Rally

Second-largest Claude market globally accounts for 6% of usage as partnership integrates Claude Code with Infosys Topaz to build enterprise agentic AI systems while Indian IT sector faces disruption fears

Adani Group Commits $100 Billion to Build World's Largest AI Data Center Platform in India by 2035 as Renewable Energy Powers Sovereign Compute Push

Indian conglomerate's investment expected to catalyze additional $150 billion in ecosystem spending while scaling from 2GW to 5GW capacity across multiple campuses with partnerships including Google and Flipkart

AI Business Weekly – February 17, 2026: AI Disruption Fears Trigger Market Panic as China's Tech Capabilities and Production-Ready Solutions Challenge US Dominance

Five stories revealing how China's AI advancement sparks analyst warnings, Hollywood legal battles intensify over copyright, logistics sector crashes on automation fears, Canada pursues sovereign tech alliances, and banking AI moves beyond demos to production

AI for Sales: Complete Guide 2026

How sales teams use AI to close more deals, automate prospecting, and focus on relationships that actually drive revenue

Banking AI Platform Uptiq Raises $25M Series B Led by Credit Union Collective Curql as Financial Institutions Demand Production-Ready Systems Over Demos

Canadian AI Minister Evan Solomon Tours Germany, Saudi Arabia, and India Seeking Tech Investment as Carney's "Middle Powers" Speech Gains Global Traction

Sovereign Technology Alliance signed at Munich Security Conference positions Canada as AI governance leader while minister pursues framework for Saudi investment and attends AI Impact Summit in India

Former Karaoke Company Algorhythm Holdings Triggers $23B Logistics Sector Crash With SemiCab AI Platform as "Category 5 Paranoia" Grips Trucking Giants

Penny stock's claim of 300-400% freight scaling without headcount increases sends CH Robinson down 24% intraday and Russell 3000 Trucking Index down 6.6% in AI disruption panic